What readers think of The Bluest Eye, plus links to write your own review.

This book is not easy to read, but those who persist on will appreciate the beauty of language that the author had woven. It has beautiful use of metaphor and for those who like poetry, they will enjoy it tremendeously.

In all, I found the bluest eye to be a profound book. Toni Morrision packs the book with literary symbolism, which is good, however at times it is somewhat overwhelming. It's the kind of book you have to go back and read, or even research her meaning behinf the symbolism. Young readers, most likely would have a hard time reading this book, because the one needs to do an interpretive anaylisis to thouro0ughly grasp the concept. However the change of narritive sequence,was something I didn't understand at first but later I I realize Morrision used this literary device, to understand the root of Pecola's problem.

I'm 13. I read it for a book report and I liked it because it enlightens you to what went on in the world just 60 years ago. I would definitely reccomend this book

I liked the book, but the flashbacks got kind of confusing. TM is a goodn writer and expresses her point very well. I had to read this book as a project, and as it turned out, I liked it. The main themes of Racism, and Racism within a race are articulated nicely. Me being black I can totally understand TM's point of view. The vulgarness of this book is somewhat deep, and unecessary. Still though, GOOD BOOK.

I am giving this book a four because it was excellent it was written well. I think that if your interested in this type of book (about problems some people go trough) that you should read it for sure. I didnt like the way that Toni talked about pointless things at times but it was very intertaining and i enjoyed it.
~miale 15

The book has a creative way of taking one young girl's dream, interweaving it with life's unimaginable experiences and explains just how difficult it can be for even a young little girl to get by. The gift of her blue eyes still wasn't enough because she wanted the bluest eyes-this also portrays the idea that one can have it all, and yet still want more. A well written piece that gives the reader their own imagination and allows their own morals and values take part in the life of one young girl who is overlooked.

The Bluest Eye Is a delicately and beautifully woven web of prose. Morrison adds texture and life to a tale of oppresion and depression. Although the evocative style and highly-motivated narration creates a seamless story, the sheer bleakness and unredeemability of this text can make for a heavy read.

The Bluest Eye is the first novel by American author Toni Morrison. It is set in 1941 in the small town of Lorain, Ohio, and tells the story of an 11-year-old Negro girl, Pecola Breedlove, who becomes pregnant to her father Cholly. Pecola’s family and environment is such that she is certain she is ugly; so convinced of this is she, that she wishes for blue eyes, believing this is the only thing that will relieve her ugliness. Narrated in part by a 9-year-old neighbourhood girl, Claudia, the perspective of young girls in this situation is novel. Some chapters detail the history of Cholly and Mrs Breedlove, giving some clues as to how this crippled and crippling family evolved. This reissue of Morrison’s first novel includes a new Forward by the author wherein she explains what she was trying to achieve. Some of the prose is quite stunning: “Love is never any better than the lover. Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe. There is no gift for the beloved.” The prose may be beautiful, but as a Dutch-born Caucasian living in Australia with a limited experience of the Negro, I found it difficult to relate to this book.